Aurora and open magnetic flux during isolated substorms, sawteeth, and SMC events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1865-1876

  Dejong, A D ^a   Cai, X ^a   Clauer, R C ^a   Spann, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; POLARIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 34548312395     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1865-2007     Document Type: Article

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